Holiday Almond Tassies

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 2 cans (8 ounces each almond paste

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/16 cups Flour
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/4 cup Almonds

• Drinks

  • 3 tbsp Orange juice

• Dairy

  • 2 packages (3 ounces each cream cheese
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 3 tbsp Heavy whipping cream

Found on tasteofhome.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• FILLING:
• 2 cans (8 ounces each) almond paste
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

Directions

• Directions In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour and mix well. Shape into 48 balls. With floured fingers, press onto the bottom and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. For filling, in a large bowl, combine the almond paste, sugar, eggs, orange juice, cream and flour. Fill prepared cups three-fourths full. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 400° for 12-13 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 10 minutes before carefully removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 4 dozen. Originally published as Holiday Almond Tassies in Taste of Home December/January 2008, p7 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: thumbnails-i, container: taboola-native-stream-thumbnails, placement: Native Stream Thumbnails, target_type: mix });

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